Improvement in vapor-burners



J SHAY. GASOLINBBURNBR.

Patente-d Feb. 28

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INVENTOR gig tlameisregnlated hun @tutti 'fitta JAMES sHAY, or c INcINNATI, onto.

Letters Patent No. 112,291, dated February 28, 1871.v

IMPROVIEMENTVIN vAPQR-BURNERS.

The Schedule referred to in theseA Letters Patent ofthe same.

Ohio, baite inventeda new and useful' Gasoline-Burner, `of'w'hicli the Vfollowing is aV specification, v

of gasoline, into which chamber a sutticient'portion oi' the gasoline escapes ,to create a low llame within the said chamber, and thus-to` convert the remainder 1 offthc ascendinggasoliueinto gas, which escapes in that form attire propertvent.` v t My invention, also includes a dcilecting-bar placed across the conducting-tube cuneck to convert into ,.spray and direct to the two lower vents that portion oflthe'. gasolinedesigned for the ausiliary flame.

Myinvention ftnfher `includes an adjustable cap or cover to the preiie'tiiig-chamber, whereby the auxiliary My invention consists `in the combination.A of the 1 above-named parts,.airanged and operating substant tially as hereinafter described l GeneralDescriptio with `Reference to the Drawing.

Figure 1 is an axial section of a burner embodying my improvements. t i

Figure 2 is ahorizontal'section of the same at the `line X X; and4 l, `Figure 3 shows thefmethod of applying my 'im-` provements to an Argand burner. i A represeutsthe service-pipe from a gasoline reser- I'roir, and when in use is filled withV a suitable wick i to conductthe `gasoline byv capillary attraction up to t the `point of discharge or minute vent b in the nipple B.

The nipple B is screwed into the lower end of i neck C, into which it discharges its yfine ,jetv of gaswohne. i

A btu', 1)'placed athwartjtbe necka suitable dis- `'caucel above thevent b,rdeflects a poltion of the gas# oline to the.' two orifices, cc', iu said neck, and into a,"

chamber, E, which is made'fast to adsurrounds the 'lhc chamber which I call the preheatingfchamber, is operi'at bottom audat top", but'at'top 'is capable of beingA pat" ll n screws' dowu1up01rtbezlsad' chamber.

` 'Io thcuppegendpf the neck is'screweda batfwing v osedrby a capot" cover, F, vwhichburner, G, au Arga'nd burner, H, r any other approved tip or burner.

"Iwo opposite openings, I I', iu the neck C,'a,little above the vent b, permit atmospheric air to enter and mingle with the gas or spray evolved within the said. neck.

Av pan or cup, J, around the neck, serves to catch any drippings of gasoline.

Theneck C is connected to the chamber E by armsl Operation.

The emission of gasoline fromgtbe vent b having been started by heat or by pressure in the usual manner, it escapes in a more or less gaseous or volatilized condition through the orilices c c' into the preheatingchamber E, where the gasoline takes fire and 'heats up the portion which remained within the neck, causing it to issue from the tip G or E in a gaseous condition.

, Should flame issue from the chamber Eitis an indication that too much air has access thereto, and the cap F must be screwed down.

Should the said ame burn intermittently or by pus, it is a sign that too little air obtainsI access to the said chamber, and that the cap F should be ele vated. Thus, by simple manipulation of the cap the preheating device is regulated s o as, to discharge its functions with regularity and without smoke, and invisibly.

While. describing the preferred v.form of ray-,improvemeut, I reservethe right'to vary the construction so long as I attain the same results by means substantially equivalent; for example, the nipplelB-'may be cast solidly in the neck, but Iv prefer to havelsaid nipple separate, as described, because'it ihthe' part must liable to be clogged or .burned-out, and, when separable, can be cleaned -or replaced'with a new one at a slight expense and very 'littie trouble.

Although the represented cylindrical shape is deemed preferable for the chamber E, .yet said chamber may have an .octagonah oval, or other shape.

. Claim.

I 'claim herein as new and of my invention- The described arrangement of neck C, having the orifices I I and c c', the nipple B, bar D, chamber E, Vand adjustable cap or coverF, for `the purpose explained. y

In testimony of which iu'veutionrlhereunto set my hand.

vWitnesses:v .JAMES SHAY. 

